Fishing pole holder



Sept. 16,1947. A JQHANKE 2,427,600

FISHING POLE HOLDER Filed Feb. 2, 1945 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 Inventor Maa/h.

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I J. HANKE FISHING oLE HOLDER 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Feb. 2, 1945 Inventor ni/amy M5195 Sept. 16, 1947. J; HANKE 2,427,600

FISHING POLE HOLDER l Filed Feb. 2, 1945 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 Patented Sept. 16,` 1947 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FISHING POLE HOLDER Joseph Hanke, Chicago, 111.

Application February 2, 1945, Serial No. 575,797

6 Claims. l,

This invention relates to improvements in fishing pole holders and has for an object to provide a spring controlled pivotally mounted device of this kind.

Another object of the invention is to provide a pole holder with an angle adjusting means.

A further object of the invention is to provide a shing pole holder having vertical adjustment.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a pole support having an attaching clamp comprising a pair of jaws arranged to move simultaneously toward or away from one another.

Other features and advantages will become more readily apparent-from the following description and the accompanying illustrative drawings in which:

Figure 1 is an elevational view of my pole support shown attached to a support,

Figure 2 is a plan view of the device,

Figure 3 is another elevational view of the holder,

Figure 4 is a sectional elevation of the invention,

Figure 5 is a detail view illustrating a locking member,

Figure 6 is a bottom plan view broken away and illustrating an adjustment member,

Figure i is a sectional view taken on line 'i-l of Figure l, and

Figure 8 is a detail perspective view of a lock control.

In the specications to follow as well as in the accompanying drawings like reference characters designate like parts and Ill, indicates a fishing pole holder which consists of a semi-tubular tapering pole support Il, the center under portion I2, of which is secured to a screw I3, threaded into an internally threaded upright barrel Id. The pin I3, being secured to the member Il, by a hinge I5. 'I'he member I4, is xedly mounted upon a horizontal cylinder I6, the end walls I7 and i8, of which form bearings for a right and left hand screw I9. Threaded upon each end and 2 I of the right and left handed screw are the bearings 22 and 23, of a pair of depending leaf jaws 24 and 25, the necks 26 and 2l, of which project through an elongated slot 28, in the under wall portion 29, of the member I5. These jaws are flat and of greater width than the cylinder I6, and are lined on their inner faces with ilexible soft cushions 35 and 3l, in order not to mar any article to which they may be attached and also to provide -a firmer grip on such article. To the extending end 32, of the screw I9, is fixed a Wing nut or cap 33, whereby the screw may be operated to move the jaws toward or away from one another.

Provided adjacent the lower end of member I, is an eye 34, to which is secured one end of a coil spring 35, the other end of which is provided with a hook 36, for engagement with an eye 3l, adjacent the end 58, of the pole holder I I, whereby said member will be held in normal position, although it may be swung up or down or in either horizontal direction, but will return to normal as soon as tension is relieved.

In order to adjust the vertical angle of the member il, I provide upon its under side a slide 3S, having a turned down angular end 55, which may be engaged with the member I3, in order to hold said member I I, in adjusted angular position (see Figures 1 and 4), this being accomplished by a longitudinal slot Ill, in said member 39, through which projects a screw 42, and which has threaded on its outer end a Wing nut 43.

Pivoted on a fulcrum 44, on the side d5, of member I l, and near its center, is a lever 136, the end 41, of which is flattened and projected through a slot 48, the member 41, of a length to entirely cross the small end 49, of the member II, and bear against the surface 50, thereof in order to secure the fishing pole seated in the said member I I. ln order to hold said member 4l, in operative position, a contraction spring 5I, is secured to the end 52, of the lever and to the side wall 45. When the end 53, of the lever is pressed against said wall 'A5, the lock member 47, will be withdrawn from across said end 49, and may be held in its out, or inoperative, position by means of an inverted U-member 54, pivoted to Wall 45, as at 55, its vertical arm 56, being adapted to swing out against the end of the member 46, and hold the same against the action of spring 5I. Rubber or other padding 5l, is provided in the handle receiving end 58, of the member Il, in order to avoid marring the same. There is provided an eye 5S, to which a bell (not shown) is to be connected so that When a nsh strikes an alarm will be given to notify the lazy, otherwise occupied Waltonian. The give in any direction provided for by the spring 35, will prevent breaking of the pole, or line, no matter how game the caught iish may be, or how determined it is to free itself.

It is thought that persons skilled in the art to which the invention relates will be able to obtain a clear understanding of the invention after considering the description in connection with the drawings. Therefore, a more lengthy description is regarded as unnecessary.

Minor changes in shape, size and rearrangement of details and parts such as come within the purview of the invention claimed may be resorted to, in actual practice, if desired.

Having now described my invention, that which I claim as new and desire to procure by Letters Patent is:

1. A sh pole support comprising a semi-cylindrical pole holder, an upright rotatable member to which Ithe holder is hinged, an internally threaded member into which the first member is threaded, a spring connecting said member and holder, a spring controlled lock for a pole, means for holding the lock from operative position, a lever actuating the lock, means for adjusting the angle of said holder, and a clamp member including a pair of simultaneously movable jaws upon which said externally screw threaded member is carried.

2. A sh pole support comprising a semi-cylindrical pole holder, an upright rotatable member to which the holder is hinged, an internally threaded member into Which the first member is threaded, a, spring connecting said member and holder, a spring controlled lock for -a pole adapted to extend transversely through said pole holder, means for holding the lock from operative position, a lever actuating the lock, and means for adjusting the angle of said holder.

3. A sh pole support comprising a semi-cylindrical pole holder, an upright rotatable member to which the holder is hinged, and an internally threaded member into which the rst member is threaded for vertical adjustment thereof.

4. A fishing pole holder comprising an elongated semi-cylindrical holder member, means for vertical adjustment thereof relative to a support, said means providing pivotal action of said member, means for locking a portion of a pole forward of its butt end to the holder, means for clamping the holder to a support, and means whereby the line end of a pole is held normally raised but free to be lowered upon pulling thereon.

5. A fishing pole holder comprising an elongated semi-cylindrical holder member, means for vertical adjustment thereof relative to a support, said means providing pivotal action of said member, means extending through the pole holder for locking a, portion of a pole forward of its butt end to the holder, and means for clamping the holder to a support.

6. A fishing pole holder comprising an elongated semi-cylindrical holder member, means for vertical adjustment thereof relative to a support, said means providing pivotal action of said member, and means extending through the pole holder for locking a portion of a pole forward of its butt end to the holder.

JOSEPH HANKE.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the le of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,199,034 Witczak Apr. 30, 1940 2,089,452 Utley Aug. 10, 1937 2,184,583 Danko Dec. 26, 1939 2,311,823 Gaskill Feb. 23, 1943 

